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Matangi Private Island Resort

Fiji Islands, Fiji

Set on a small, beach-blessed isle, Matangi Private Island Resort hotel in Fiji's tropical north-east offers romantic treehouse boudoirs to ensure your holiday stays on a natural high. Thatched bures, a serene spa and dreamy diving add to the chic-castaway charm, and heavenly Horseshoe Bay makes the ideal setting for a secluded picnic à deux.

Need to know

• Rooms 12, including three suites.
• Rates Double rooms from AU$668.08 ($650), excluding tax at 20 per cent.
  Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency ($650), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
• More details Rates include all meals, laundry, turndown service and non-motorised activities. Extra charges apply for motorised watersports, scuba diving, fishing, spa, private picnics or dinners, day trips to Taveuni Island and WiFi (FJ$30 a day; $150 a week).
• Facilities Spa, dive shop, lounge with TV/DVD player, gardens. In rooms: iPod dock, minibar, fresh cookies, Pure Fiji toiletries, beach towels, outdoor lava-rock shower, private veranda.
• Poolside A curvy outdoor pool beckons near the bar and restaurant bure, with a generous deck fringed with inviting loungers, shaded spots and sea views.
• Check-out 10am; check-in, 12pm, flexible subject to availablility.
• Children Romantic retreat Matangi only welcomes teens aged 16 or over, so leave little children at home.
• Eco-friendly The hotel draws on fruit and vegetables grown in its own gardens for its cuisine, as well as fish and seafood caught by local fishermen.
• Also There is a compulsory charge of FJ$130 a person plus tax for return transfers between Taveuni Island's Matei Airport and Matangi. Smoking and pets are not permitted. WiFi is available in public areas (dining room, lounge, bar and pool area) only.

Food and drink at Matangi Private Island Resort

• Hotel restaurant

  At the spacious, poolside Vale-Ni-Kana dining bure, Pacific Rim-inspired feasting spans seafood, fish curry and kokoda (Fijian ceviche), with smart use of local ingredients such as home-grown fruit and vegetables. As well as more formal tables undercover in the circular space, there's a hanging day-bed by the water for snacking alfresco.

• Dress code Laid-back South Pacific-style – sarongs and shorts by day; cool cottons by night.
• Top table Pick a table by the pool or nearest the ocean for dazzling sea views. For extra romance, there's an intimate private dining deck for two near the ocean.
• Last orders Breakfast is served from 7am to 9am, lunch from 12pm to 2pm, and dinner from 7pm to 9pm. The bar keeps pouring all day until late.
• Room service Treats from the regular dining menu are available during restaurant hours, and there's free plunger coffee and Twinings tea in your room.
• Hotel bar

  Order a Matangi Bomb cocktail at the chilled-out Sawana Bar, part of the restaurant bure fringing the pool. Wines hail from Australia and New Zealand; the champagne is flown in from France. Local island bands spark up tunes here on occasion.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

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